Word: towns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...especially Harvard--ugly names is an old tradition, far older than Vellucci's suggestion in 1956 that the city turn Harvard Yard into a bus station. For Councilors seeking the working-class vote--like Vellucci of East Cambridge and Thomas W. Danehy of North Cambridge--the dislike of town for gown is the Cantabrigian equivalent of log cabins and hard cider...
THIS PAST SUMMER, I embarked on a two-week journey into the South to visit my home-town. While Corinth, Miss. is not exactly my birthplace, it is the town where I grew up, established roots and have come to regard as home...
...years ago, however, I found that I no longer had a place I could call home. We moved away from Corinth, from town to town, until we ended up in Trenton, N.J. I had become thouroughly withdrawn, lonely, and friendless by that time. Mostly though, I was fearful--especially of the high crime rate...
Maybe just a few more than I was willing to admit. The business district had deteriorated and business--followed by residents--had left the town's center...
...Iran-contra hearings disclosed. Veracity, rumor, deceit and braggadocio are hard to separate. "To spend time in Miami is to acquire a certain fluency in cognitive dissonance" is Didion's evaluation of her experience. Translated from the Latinate, this means she could not make sense out of the town. To compensate, she relies on her feel for the ominous, a proven ability that can make readers believe there may even be rough beasts slouching toward the teddy bear department of F.A.O. Schwarz...